Animating female characters is “really, really difficult” because you have to “keep them pretty” while they go through “a range of emotions”? “Historically speaking, animating female characters are ...

When director Kelsey Mann took the helm on Pixar’s Inside Out 2, Pixar chief creative officer Pete Docter had one big suggestion for him. Before taking that role, Docter directed many of the studio’s ...

Cartoon Animator has just received a free update packed with brand-new features and tools that are going to have you animating like never before. As part of our ongoing series exploring the platform’s ...

Directors of some of of the year’s most notable animated features talk about the design and inspiration behind key characters including a sentient robot, expressive cat and villainous penguin. Twins ...

For decades, the voices behind animated characters have helped shape childhood memories for audiences around the world. One of the most recognizable voices in animation belongs to Cree Summer, a ...